New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-11
YACHTS AT MARBLEHEAD.
CIvLITIEs BETWEEN THE TWO FLEETS

THE ANCIENT HILLS REsoUNDISG TO CANNON OF
TIE NEw-YoRK AND EASTERN CLUBs-Rx-
MISUNDERSTANDING FOR THE
RACES TODAY.
[DY rELEGRArH TO TRIBuNEI
BOSTON, Aug. i0.-Marblehead on the south
side of the bay Is modern and aristocratic, and
on the north side ancient, historic and poor and
in the harbor between the two Marbehead all
day yesterday lay the combined fleets of the
New-York and Eastern Yacht Clubs, and the poor
Marblehcaders made many honest pennies out Of
the rich Marbleheaders and visitors from Boston
by rowing them about the yachts in the feet.
The Marblehead boatnian is wise in his generation,
and knows just when the ordinary market price
for a row in dory will stand being showed up .
few hundred per cent. 1t reached high water
mark yesterday, and the honest boatman poclSeted
his earnings without any compunctions of con-
science and rejoced that he is not as other men,
'nasmuch as lac is descending from good old
thrifty New-England stock 1t is little more than
hundred yards from the shore to any one Of
the yachts, but the shrewd Marblehead boatman
charged twenty-five cents for rowing one to any
of them, and then demanded another twenty-five
cents to take his passenger back to shore again.
For an hour the boatman will demand Sc, and
may, perhaps, be induced to come down to 81 so.
does' in the afternoon in elaborate style At
half past q gun was fred from Commodore
Gerry's Electra. Then the New-York Yacht Club
signal was sent to the main and the Eastern Yacht
Club signal to the tore and two more guns were
fred from the Electra The echoes were still busy
when every yacht in the squadron of the New
York Club discharged gun and the
old rock-ribbeG hills around Marbehead
got things mixed up badly in trying
to give each gun its proper echo. When the yachts
had finished this cannonade, the Gitand, the flag
ship of the Eastern Yacht Club fired two guns
Then came another gun from the Electra. For
noise and powder burning it beat any Fourth Of
July celebration that Marblehead ever had.
After an exchange of colors the flagship.
another gun was fred and all the
yachts in the fleet decked themselves from stem TO
stern in their choicest assortment Of gay bunting.
rhis in nautical parlance, dressing ship and
the yachts remained dressed until sundown, and in
Consequence the boatmen felt justified In raising
their fares still higher
In the evening the Owl and Gamecock colors
were raced for by gigs and dingies, Commodore
Gerry adding purse of $25 In each instance. For
the GamecOck colors. the schOODers Republic,
Resolute and Gtana each entered fOur-Oared gig.
The course was one mile straightaway. The Re-
pubc's gig won by two lengths, il being much
lighter boat than the other two. The Resolute's
gig was second, and the Gitana's a close third.
For the Owl colors two dlugIes were started. one
from the Magic and one from the Palmer Each
boat had two men and a coxswaiu, the Magics boat
having pair of oars and the Palmers double sculls.
The Magics dngy won.
Then followed a race for naphtha launches for
prize of S25. also offered by Commodore Gerry.
The course was three miles with turn. Launches
Al. MI, htto nd rfed
The Corsalr's launch allowed the other launches
four minutes The Mohlcan's launch completed
the course in 25:43 beating the Corsairs launch,
after making the time allowance. 80 seconds aud
the Republics larnch minute and % seconds
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, who arc
guests on the steam yacht Oneida, watched the
races from the deck of the Electra At night tho
yachts sent up fireworks, and Marbleheaders were
treated to a rare free show People came from
Salem and elsewhere to see it. The Eastern facht
Clnb treated the captains of the New-York Club
to reception and supper at the handsomecub house
on Marblehead Neck. Wine flowed freely, and tho
clerk of the weather was toasted, hoping that ne
might thereby be induced TO send along plenty OF
wind for the races tomorrow. These are for prlzss
offered bv the Eastern Yacht Club ana the SlOoo
prize offered by The Boston Hergld Inc e., ,a''e.
one class but for the latter five minutes limit on
start is allowed. The Eastern Yacht Club prizes
are:
For Arstas, schooners IS feet or over on the wrtr
second. class schooners so feet or over. sl01 -
Firstcass rs feet or over on the waerna sz''
second prize. 500.
Ibird-cass sloops 40 feet or over. s7a
The course aId out is an equiiateral triangle,
each leg twelve miles long, the starting stake-boat
being moored a third of mile from Hallway
Rock. First-cass schooners and sloops will start
at / 1870 a. m. and will be allowed five minutes in
which to cross the line. SecOnd-class schooners
and soops will start at 11:4O. and third
class sloops at 11:45. The time OF all ex-
cept the first class boats will DO
taken from the starting signal,
A meeting of the captains was held on the nag
ship this morning TO make out programme for the
remainder of the cruise. 1t was decided that on
Frioay the squadron will sail for Martnas
Vineyard in go-as-you please fashion ana
no time will be taken at start
or finish So il Is not intended to make 1t III any
sense race. On Monday there Will De a race
from Martha's Vineyard to Newport for the cup
offered by the of Providence. and on Tues
day there will be race over the Goelet up coulso
at Newport for the prizes gwen Dy tne Gi1rnns rh
of Newport There the fleet VIII atsoaud. aao o
Priscilla is going to cruise eastward snd VII: noe
enter any more races during the continuancc Oh tuo
squadron cruise. Inc Puritan has had another TOP
mast fixed up and will compete IN all the races Ok
the SOU adron.
A TEXAS RANCHMAN CUT TO PIECES